Eve Aqua Snapshot Track water consumption and costRemote access and control*Control through Homekit and Eve appControl with your voice through SiriManually control from the device itselfChild Lock optionQuick simple set-up What is Eve Aqua? Eve Aqua is a very unique smart-home product designed to control your outdoor hose bibb or water spigot. In its most... Continue Reading →
Eve Aqua – Set-up Guide
How to set-up Eve Aqua Setting up the Eve Aqua requires two quick and easy steps that will have you watering your yard in a smart way in no time. First is the physical installation of the device, followed by pairing the device to your HomeKit and Eve apps. We found the entire set-up process... Continue Reading →
What is Smart Lighting?
What is “Smart-Lighting” and how does it work? What exactly is “smart-lighting”, and what are the benefits that we can gain by incorporating them into our lives? When newer DIY smart-home platforms such as Apples’ HomeKit came into existence, smart-lighting was a fairly limited set of products and functions. Very few options were available, but... Continue Reading →
Smart-Home Platform: What the H*!# does that mean?
What are smart-home platforms and what do they do? We try and break down, break through, and break away from the debris that makes up the smart-home industry today. As well as provide some basic answers to common consumer related questions
2019 CES HomeKit Announcements – Ikea Smart Shades
Ikea Smart Shades IKEA a leading global home furnishings manufacturer and retailer is expanding its smart home product line-up by adding new HomeKit enabled window shades. The product is said to be released on Feb 2nd in the EU and will follow up with a release to the US in April of this year. Details... Continue Reading →
CES 2019 HomeKit Product Announcements – Kwikset Premis
Kwikset Premis A new HomeKit enabled smart-lock has been announced by a Kwikset a leading company in door locks and door security solutions. Not new to the game Kwikset has many different variations of smart locks available on the market, including the Kwikset Premise that works with Apple's HomeKit platform. The new lock announced is... Continue Reading →
CES 2019 HomeKit Product Announcements – EveHome Lightstrip and Energy Strip
Perhaps the most aggressive company offering a full line-up of HomeKit compatible products Eve (formerly Elgato) has not disappointed again this year by announcing three new product additions to their smart home ecosystem. The Eve Light-Strip EU, Eve Energy Strip and an EU version of the Eve Light-Switch EU. Eve Light Strip Eve comes out... Continue Reading →
CES 2019 HomeKit Product Announcements – Netatmo Video Doorbell
Netatmo Video Doorbell Keeping the Catagory alive, Netatmo has announced their own version of a HomeKit supporting video doorbell. Sporting a modern yet minimalistic design that consists of three sections that include one for the camera, one for the speaker and finally what appears to be a touch-sensitive panel that will act as the doorbell... Continue Reading →
CES 2019 HomeKit Product Announcements – Robin Telecom ProLine Video Doorbell
CES 2019 has yet to officially kick off but that has not stopped companies from announcing new additions to their product lines that support Apple HomeKit. We will take a look at the upcoming products that will play nicely with the platform that has seemed to fall behind other smart-home platforms such as Amazon's Alexa and... Continue Reading →
Smart Home Gift Guide – Speaker Edition
The gift of music has been a goto for the holidays for quite some time and what better way to enjoy said music with the power of a smart speaker. Below we will list a few of the top smart speakers on the market today that is sure to be a loved one favorite holiday... Continue Reading →